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Stretchy layouts are not good, yet every über techie who has a 20 inch or larger monitor wants web sites to stretch when they open their browser to the width of the monitor. Well maybe not every über techie wants stretchy layouts, but enough that comment on design related message boards that it really irks me. Why is it bad, because paragraphs that span exceedingly long widths are difficult to read. This is of course assuming they are long enough to still take several lines. A single line of text is not hard to read. And, of course, if the site is only images or video, then it is not as much an issue if at all.

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Amidst all the hoopla of the announcements of the “green” MacBook Pros, the iPhone, and now the new iMac, Apple has quietly been redesigning their site over the last few months. Almost two months ago they unveiled an new look for their computer product section. It is labeled “Mac”, but it includes other things such as accessories and software used with or on a Mac. The nifty interface thing they introduced was a scrolling palette/window in the page that displays all the products. As a new interface element they do something to help users cognitively understand what to do, as the scroll bar goes side ways.

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